bambooXZX's personal blog, mostly dedicated to song lyrics translation from Japanese to English.

Intentional or not, I guess we’re riding on the city pop big wave. Maybe.

But man, sakanaction is always really good at making me move my body. I started listening to this one before bedtime and it’s all I’ve been able to think about for the whole day because I just keep dancing in my chair. (Really glad they included Liquidroom in the album for the same reason.)

Abstract lyrics caveat applies here per usual: the original words were never intended to make conventional sense, and they were likely selected by artist based on values that don’t carry over well in translation. The ambiguities and associations change, the beauty tends to decouple from meaning, and sometimes things just get misread, and so on and so forth – my goal becomes just trying to scoop a little bit out of the stream of consciousness. That being said, I’ve been told that people find translation worthwhile anyway, and I’ve had this song in my head for a while, so here we are.

Additional note: in stanza 2 line 1 (repeated later in stanza 5), 歌 (meaning “song”) is normally pronounced ‘uta’ alone or ‘ka’ in compounds, but the vocals don’t appear to sing any standard pronunciation of that character. It’s possible that my online source was incomplete or incorrect, but it’s also entirely possible that she’s singing something that’s not written and we’re never supposed to be sure what it is, and unfortunately, I don’t feel confident enough to make that interpretation for anyone else.

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eyeLyrics: Kana OtsuboComposition: Spangle call Lilli line

Even as I pray for relief in my days, I rebel
On top of this, I torment over the limit of the stars of my character
Additionally, as I release a majority, taking the level
On top of that, now the words are flowing anyhow

So long as we’re still considering it “crafting”, I bask in song, just in memory
And so I run, I draw on the days that appear as images, a moment of resolve faded on my cheeks

As far as I know, a full version of the Japanese version has never been released. I transcribed the lyrics by ear [=耳コピ]; as such, accuracy is not 100% guaranteed. I did, however, cross-reference with the Chinese translation found in the show’s official subs on bilibili, so there’s that.